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jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
“Researchers from Technische Universität Berlin were able to unlock Tesla’s driving assistant by inducing a two-microsecond voltage drop on the processor which allowed root access to the Autopilot software. Referring to this as “Elon mode” since it drops the requirement for the driver to keep their hands on the steering wheel…”
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jockr ("Jock Rutherford 🌻") wrote:
Getting Root Access On A Telsa | Hackaday
https://hackaday.com/2024/01/05/getting-root-access-on-a-telsa/
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
and that’s the truth
Mastodon Feedslightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
It's interesting to me that folks who care about a11y trend not to favour stacks with bad performance and vive versa.
There's something about putting the user first in one dimension seems to steer folks away from error in others.
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On Saturday, the 3-yr anniversary of the attack on the U.S. Capitol, we are releasing the first ep of season 2 of The Aftermath, our podcast series about the ongoing efforts to ensure accountability for Jan. 6. Before you listen, make sure you’re all caught up with season 1! https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-aftermath-season-1-binge-the-whole-thing
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ben@werd.social ("Ben Werdmuller") wrote:
Pascal was my first real programming language. I'd learned BASIC first, but I never built a full software application in it. Pascal allowed me to build and release software for the first time. It was magical. #Technology https://www.theregister.com/2024/01/04/niklaus_wirth_obituary/?utm_source=werd.io&utm_campaign=mastodon&utm_channel=mastodon
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
I love this thread
Mastodon FeedThis "sub-identity concept" is nothing new. I remember reading a blog post by the founder of #writeas where he discussed the importance of maintaining multiple digital identities (I'll try to find the post).
It helped inspire my #digitalgarden multiple "plots" concept. But hopping across plots on my site still *feels* like my site. And I'm under no disillusion that I can capture 100% of someone's attention on any given day.
But #Meta could.
Mastodon FeedWhat's interesting, if not scary as hell, is how we tend to compartmentalize our digital identities.
Even the biggest Taylor Swift fan with 100k twitter followers has a "normal" account. And we tend to bounce from account to account, app to app, when we play on our phones. Right now, those borders are clearly defined.
But in a world where Meta is a social cloud service, you could hop apps all day and never land on a ByteDance platform (or whatever).
Mastodon FeedIf you have a Threads account and a #Swiftie account, it'd make sense to treat both as two separate social media platforms. Similar to Instagram and TikTok. Or LinkedIn and Facebook.
But since Threads and the hypothetical Swifity platform are *both* in fact, the "Metaverse", the result is Meta capturing something approaching to 100% of our digital attention. Even if that technicality is lost on the average user.
Similarly, you can buy two brands of soap and both be Proctor & Gamble.
Mastodon FeedThinking about a #Meta pivot to infrastructure, and the subtle physiological effects it would have on our social media behavior.
The average user might keep their #Threads account, but signup for other platforms in the #Metaverse as “sub-identities.”
For example— Taylor Swift launches a super fans platform. Would the average Swiftie migrate to the Meta-interoperable space? Or would they make a new account, one that perhaps better represents their fandom identity?
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downey@floss.social ("Michael Downey 🇺🇳") wrote:
@fromjason Always appreciated the work of @hrheingold. More #Fediverse leaders need to read his stuff.
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
Welcome to the future, goats and monkeys.
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
Timelapse from last week. I had a window seat when I flew across Massachusetts with the Sun low in the sky. EVERY lake, river, stream and puddle lit up when they reflected the sunlight. There was also sun showers happening which made a second sun reflected in the air below us. #mawx #timelapse #sun
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nixCraft ("nixCraft 🐧") wrote:
😜 AI is going to ruin everything.
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mitchw ("Mitch Wagner") wrote:
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
this phenom is so sad to see, esp when it happens to a small family biz…
“Ruben's Bakery survived pandemic but not street takeover” - Los Angeles Times
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-01-05/rubens-bakery-ransacked-street-takeover
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
“The optimists all died in the gas chambers. The pessimists all have pools in Beverly Hills.”
- attributed to Billy Wilders
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dermot@mastodon.ie ("Dermot Casey") wrote:
Just finished ‘Prophet Song’ which is a stunningly written book. There a really interesting bit on class in Ireland mixed in. Also I’ve thoughts on the role of imagination in life & Billy Wilders comment ‘The optimists all died in the gas chambers. The pessimists all have pools in Beverly Hills’
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punkmetalnbowie@kolektiva.social ("Punk Metal n Bowie") wrote:
Inc.: Costco Employees Just Voted to Unionize.
https://www.inc.com/suzanne-lucas/costco-employees-vote-unionize-company-response-remarkable.html
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dsilverman ("Dwight Silverman") wrote:
What's Your Number? 10 Tricks Inside the iPhone Contacts App | PCMag
https://www.pcmag.com/how-to/tricks-inside-apple-iphone-ipad-contacts-app
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albertcardona@mathstodon.xyz ("Albert Cardona") wrote:
Michal Olšiak, Czech sculptor, did it again. This time, giant sculptures of insects. Fascinating exhibition, wish I could go there.
Ants, flies, weevils, beetles, and more. The gallery:
(If a Czech native speaker could translate his wikipedia page to English or French or Spanish, that would be greatly appreciated: https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michal_Ol%C5%A1iak )
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KimPerales@toad.social ("Kim Perales") wrote:
Speaker #MAGAMike is determined to destroy democracy here🇺🇸 & in Ukraine🇺🇦 (by holding UA funding hostage for a border bill that won't pass the Senate).
HSE Rs want to accelerate tax cuts for their donors, protect tax cheats by reducing IRS funding, & cut approved Covid relief funds & any spending for the social safety net.
Johnson is pushing for the HR2 border proposal, to speed up tax & IRS spending cuts & for ~$6B in rescissions of already appropriated Covid funding.
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davatron5000 ("Dave Rupert") wrote:
The Website vs Web App Dichotomy Doesn’t Exist by @jakelazaroff
Loved this post. I have pre-existing biases here because I hate it when people get high and mighty about “apps” or say “the document web” so they can forego basic HTML or a11y. ughck.
But I think Jake’s four quadrant chart of offline ↔️ online vs static ↔️ dynamic is a much better framework to discuss the differences/nuances in the type of projects we work on.
https://jakelazaroff.com/words/the-website-vs-web-app-dichotomy-doesnt-exist/
Mastodon Feedcollinsworth@hachyderm.io ("Josh Collinsworth") wrote:
How the fuck does Tailwind not have animation delay!?
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nixCraft ("nixCraft 🐧") wrote:
She is a fine sysadmin and did nothing wrong. Let her work on that #Linux cluster. 😭
Mastodon Feedrmrenner ("The Old Gay Gristle Fest") wrote:
Finally switched doctors and it's so good. The previous place was cash-only until the pandemic got them to start taking cards so they could do phone appointments. It felt incredibly sketchy having to stop at an ATM before going there like I was hitting up the fucking plug
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autiomaa ("Daniel Schildt") wrote:
Learned that there is Callouts feature in Obsidian, for making content parts to a stylish visual info blocks. Different keywords turn those to various (consistent) colors and icon styles.
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mikedev@fediversity.site ("Mike Macgirvin 🖥️") wrote:
- We don't have 'followers-only' posts in the same way Mastodon does. You can create a private post to your followers, but it's actually private and only your followers can access it. This is enforced by the webserver. Anybody who isn't a follower gets a 403 Permission denied.2. I once worked for a large corporate provider and am a veteran of the first browser wars. I don't trust anything large corporations say. I watch what they do. Meta have always been a mob of sneaky bastards, so I just assume they are going to lie. It's in their DNA. 3. It depends on your software. If you follow one Threads user and make everything private, there's no cost differential. If you make a public post that goes to the same Threads user and it goes viral, you could have a problem no matter what size server you have. ActivityPub is a very chatty protocol. If ten million or 50 million requests hit mastodon.social in short order, it will cause the same amount of pain as if they hit a rasberry pi running in your garage. But DDoS has been an issue for a long time and there are mitigations for every major web server. It isn't something that magically appeared with the fediverse.
Basically, corporate software is indistinguishable from malware. Since you need to stop malware anyway (or suffer the consequences), let's just kill two birds with one stone.
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cs@mastodon.sdf.org ("cseiler") wrote:
Back a year ago, I posted a link to this embedded toot.
http://cseiler.freeshell.org/mdon.html
Today almost a year to the date, it was removed for this apparent reason (see screenshot). My post does none of those things. #Meta apparently doesn’t want the sharing of Fediverse content even as they push forward with #Threads.
